Koschei

See also: Koschéi

English

Koschei the Immortal with Vasilisa Prekrasnaya

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Etymology

From Russian Коще́й (Koščéj), related to кость (kostʹ, bone).

Proper noun

Koschei

  1. (Slavic mythology) An archetypal male antagonist, described mainly as abducting the hero's wife, and sometimes represented as a skeleton.

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See also

  • Buyan (considered as Koschei's home in some Russian legends)

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